“Today, Russian-Belarusian cooperation in all areas is very meaningful, open and effective,” the Russian prime minister said.

The Russian prime minister said that this was his first meeting as chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Union State.

“Long-term Russian-Belarusian economic relations must be based not only on Russian supplies to Belarus and vice versa, but on joint projects that promote integration,” said the Russian prime minister.

The Russian prime minister said he will do everything for “our Union State to develop and prosper.”

“Trade between our countries has reached a record level. It has never been so high,” Dmitry Medvedev said during the meeting. In his words, this is the result of the two nations’ cooperation and integration in the Union State and the Customs Union.

“Today I cited one good figure which in my view characterises the potential of our cooperation – this is a 36% growth of our trade,” the Russian prime minister said.

Russian-Belarusian relations are currently going through very good times, in Dmitry Medvedev’s view, because “apart from political understanding on all issues, quite impressive achievements have been recorded in the economy.”